看人下菜碟儿

Traditional: 看人下菜碟兒

kàn rén xià cài dié r

Dictionary entry

(dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)

What does 看人下菜碟儿 mean?

看人下菜碟儿 (kàn rén xià cài dié r) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)

2not to treat everyone equally favorably

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看kānto look after · to take care of 人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]下xiàdown · downwards 菜càivegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]) · dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2])碟diédish · plate 儿érchild · son

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How to pronounce 看人下菜碟儿

看人下菜碟儿

kàn rén xià cài dié r

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